Actor / Writer / Musician

Go Forth And Slay

Brand New One Woman Musical Quest

Book: Anne-Marie PiazzaMusic and Lyrics: Darren Clark

“Go forth and slay” is a one woman musical quest into the dark, facing down those monsters and dragging them into the light. We will follow our Dragon slayer Emrys as she lives in two concurrent times: In the here & now, and the ancient mythology of Cymru.

Thursday 26th March Darren and Anne-Marie will be pitching at BEAM 2020 at the Royal & Derngate Northampton. They will be presenting in Screen 2 as part of Pitch 3 at 16.20 and again at 17.30.

About the Piece

How do we transform our personal trauma into something powerful that we can harness rather than be overwhelmed by? Our greatest daemons live within us. “Go Forth And Slay” is a one woman musical quest through pain to self discovery that speaks to the power of the feminine. Over the course of 70 minutes, Anne-Marie will delve deep into the stories that have make her who she is, a journey that will explore our own personal mythologies and how to take ownership of our narrative in a world that increasingly tells us what we should believe.

Blending these stories into a world of fantastical mythology involving the Celtic legends of Anne-Marie’s Welsh background, Clark and Piazza will rip open the fabric of myth itself and discover why the stories we tell ourselves hold such power over us.

Using extraordinary storytelling and a menagerie of instruments, the aim is that all the music will either be played live or have been recorded by Anne-Marie herself so that this truly is a one woman journey that will be dark, funny, beautiful and fearsome in equal measure.

About the creators

Writer of the book and performer Anne-Marie Piazza trained as an actress at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has been working in the industry for over 10 years. Work on stage includes work for the RSC, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre and the Wales Millenium Centre. On stage she was received best actress Offie and My Theatre Award nominations for “Much Ado About Nothing” and as a voiceover artist she won two Golden Earphone Award for narration. As a singer she her voice has been heard in the soudscape of many leading theatres including “My Brilliant Friend” at The National Theatre.

Darren Clark is a multi award winning Composer and Lyricist whose shows include the sold out, critically acclaimed “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “These Trees Are Made of Blood”. His new musical in development “The Wicker Husband” was selected to be showcased at the Prestigious NAMT Festival in New York and has won several awards including the Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Award.

Clark and Piazza have worked together for over 5 years on various projects including the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Day of the Living”